Fridges!

[No Regrets]

Fifty Shades fridge is probably the original 1984 one,a Waeco 12v jobbie with a fake wooden panel and an open ice box at the top.

In fairness, it works well, chilling things nicely, even making Ice if you wait long enough!

However, I was thinking of upgrading it to a modern one, until I came across a website which states the power consumption of all the Waeco models.

http://www.waeco.co.uk/page.aspx?page=powercon&s=4

Interestingly, the old thing appears to be just as efficient, or in some cases better than the new ones, so I think I'll keep it!

Those non-compressor ones are scary though, being three times more hungry than Compressor versions!

 

[teddington_lock]

I thought this was going to be about fridges floating down river in the winter floods !

I personally saw five float past , so if you take it that am only there for 20% of the time , that means at least 25 fridges came over teddington weir. How do so many get into the river when it rises ? Do people keep them in their gardens ?

 

[prof pat pending]

I have relatives in Texas that saw the aftermath of a local flash flood (keep in mind that it rarely rains) there were fridges in the top of 30’ trees
Fill 'em with concrete, and I guess they'd make a good anchor

Anyway I digress It might be worth attaching a power meter and seeing if it’s still as efficient as it once was

 

[Actionmat]

I like the idea of the non compressor fridges even if they are juicy, traditional fridges tend to wake me up in the middle of the night!

 

[Gavi]

I thought this was going to be about fridges floating down river in the winter floods !

I personally saw five float past , so if you take it that am only there for 20% of the time , that means at least 25 fridges came over teddington weir. How do so many get into the river when it rises ? Do people keep them in their gardens ?

We lost 5 fridges in the flood. One for food and four for beer

 

[byron]

We lost 5 fridges in the flood. One for food and four for beer

Is that why you are up at silly o'clock in the morning writing on here?

 

[rosssavage]

Says Byron at 04:25!!!

 

[byron]

Says Byron at 04:25!!!

I have to be up to do the washing and ironing, tend the garden, scrub the floors, then do my paper round.

 

[boatone]

Fifty Shades fridge is probably the original 1984 one,a Waeco 12v jobbie with a fake wooden panel and an open ice box at the top.Interestingly, the old thing appears to be just as efficient, or in some cases better than the new ones, so I think I'll keep it!

Possible you may not be reading the info correctly as most recent fridges are more efficient/economic than the older ones.

My Engel 47litre is some years younger than yours and rated current consumption is 3.7amps. However, doing some canny voltage logging suggested that when the thing switches on it draws nearer 5amps and stabilises at around 4 amps. I am intending to check the voltage drop between the battery and the fridge itself as I suspect the cabling may not be man enough for the job and there will be increased current drain because of that.

As it does make some noise - not excessive but enough to disturb sleep - we have adopted a regime of keeping a cool block in the freezer compartment and we shut the fridge off when we go to bed and on again first thing in the morning. That saves 8 hours consumption but the stuff inside always seems nice and chilled. Keeping the fridge full also held so a bottle of wine or two helps tremendously ! I reckon I've got ours down to an average 2.5 amps hour so that means 40Ahours per 24hours.

 

[Hadenough]

Just replaced a 30 year old Engal with a keel cooled isotherm. Reduced power consumption from 40ah/day to 16ah/day. Very efficient, makes ice in two hours and it is virtually silent. Not cheap but I am well pleased.